Kite string reel



Oct. 6, 1931. H. RYOOT I 1,826,481

KITE STRING REEL Filed May 15, 1929 f "Patented O 1931,11.

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1 c a'reeljand more particularly to a reel?- apnea 0 beheld-21p a personshand and "pen which the; string f One object of .'the"i'nvention='is*t'o provide, a kite string ree'l which may be formed from wire"str'zinds and will, be lightfin Weight but, at thejsame time'," very strong anddurable. N

, flAnother"object of the inventionis to pro '10;.videa reelflincluding a spool carrying frame "{l 12i-Y1I 1gfa handle by which; itm'aybeeasily held 'and to" so form th'e frame and handle 1 that -awery strong jointlwill be -form'ed at the j'unction oithegfiameandhandl I v Another object ofthefinventmn is toso V ,form-the -sides andnuter end portions of the 'iram 't'ha-t' eyes may be-set thereini toiconv top-string isfjto' be woundand also providef a 2O*guide}for'rthe st nggat the outer end of the -framefi 5 I Another obj t offthe ILVQIIfiOIiJS 'tOZ provide the reel with afspooliotatably mounted in the frame'and formed from a strand of ziywz rir-e bent to define a flat spool.

" Another object of the invention is to so bend the strand from which the spool, 15

,nnitiiiunoom ,onaaurrniogi NEW Yonx c 1; Isirnifi i 11,9 5; 15am t sas fs-fl in forde'r to 'for'm-*the :h'andIe th e" strand 'is bent intermediate its ends and then bent "inl wardly and upwardliy. i "By bending" the wire as V seti forth above ,lga handle will be formed which is substantially U-shapd in form, as f shown in Figure 1 andjhas its arms 'exte'nc'ting! toward "each other at i'theirupp r ends, as shown; at l; and then upwardly to p'ro- "vide "a l 115111 5; After-i for'lning the s'hank, the end portions of the' wire are bent; may diom each other, as shown at 6 in Figures "3 and 4;fand these end portions then bent'to extend [upwardly at the sides" of the frame. -f After extending-upwardlythe desired distance to form a frame ofthe proper length, the end portions ,of'the strand 'arek b'ent 1:0-

" ward each'oth'erso thattlieypass imressed relation-to each-"other and are "then bent i downwardly :and' have their lower ends ilient, inwardly; This provides a frame 1 which "isrectangular in and "has side bars 7 J'j oine'd byinn 'e1" and Outer-end *ba rs 8 ends and itjw-ill be readilyj'seen' that jtheside bars fand inne and euter bars each consists' of a pair of strands i close contacting engagegment with ease e her: :rrhe': ends 0f: the strands from which the frame is: formed exformed that it will b e of astrong construetend across the shank 5 at opposite sides 7 tion-and firmlybracedand, in addition,ipro- :igiiso'rvided with pintles to rotatably mount it 1n its frame, one of which is extended and bent to form a turning handle for the spool. V

' ,The invention is illustrated in the accompa'nying drawings, wherein: -35 Figure 1 is a view'showing the 1m kite string reel in front elevation. c Figure 2 is a fragmentary SQCtlOHaIVIGW taken on the line 2-2 ofFigurc 1.

"Figure 3'is a sectional view throughfthe' :4 s'hankof the handle, taken on the line 33 of it Figure 1. :3 y 7 g "Figure 4 is a top plan view of-the olnt v tween the handle andfr'am'eof the reel. "The improved kitestring'reel constituting 115 the subject matter of thisinvention includes a a flat spool 1 rotatably, mounted in the frame having at its inner-enda handle 3'by 5 means of which the frame'may beheld when the reel is in use.' Th'eframe and its handle are formedlfi'otoe strandof thickwire and proved *thereof asshown at 10, and eacli'endis then bent 'back uponiit'self fabout the shanky-as "shown at 11', andthen twisted about the inher-end bar offthe frame close to the shank as shown at 12. Bythis arrangementg the two F strands 0f .the inner end bar and the -shank-will be firmly'bound and a'very strong j i tvf ormedi 'Afterthe outline of the frame a -1has' been formed, eyes 1 3" and 14, a which are fiprovided gwithmarginal grooves, are disposed between the strands "of the side bars and outer end bar intermediate their ends and these side and end bars rotated until they are twisted as shown inFi' ure 1'-, and-the eyes firm-lyheld in place, as s own in Figure 1 2; If 's'o' desired, the side and-outer'end bars may befeach gripped intermediate :its'length {and twisted, after which the eyes may {be setin place 'rbetwee'n: "the untw-iste'd intermediate i portions of the 'strandsj forming these bars fwd: pressure appliedtto the strands amp g1 00 3 posite s'idesi of the 'eyes "to 'firmly" secure' the 13gc0nstitut'e bearings" tqarotatablyfmount" H the spool 1'. v 1 1 The, spool is also formed from a strand The eye l ebrist'itutesa guide throiiglir which a; kite string S is passed andjthe :eyes

1 f; stro'nig wire and this strand is bent deform ing the: arms 16', theend. rti

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